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T. BRABSON.

- HAMB TIP.

No. 352,606. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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THOMAS BRABSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAME-TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,606, dated November16, 1886.

Application filed March 25, 1886. Serial No. 196,546. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS BRABSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at N ew ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hame-Tips, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide ahame with asphericalmetallic head of novel construction, whereby such head is not liable tobe indented, collapsed, or distorted, but is retained in its originalsmooth and unbroken shape.

The object of my invention I accomplish in the manner and by the meanshereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofa hame provided with my improved tip. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal centralsection-of the tip detached, on a larger scale than the precedingfigure. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modification.

Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates-the wooden body of the hame,and Bis'the metallic tip. The form of the tip is the same as that of thetip in common use, and it is constructed of one piece of sheet metal, asusual, with a tubular shank, a, and a hollow hemispherical head, b; butin this head I), I insert a lining, O, which fits the interior of thesame and supports the material of the head at all points. This lining Cis in the form of a hollow globe, or of a section of a hollow globe, asshown in Fig. 2, in which case it is made of metal; or it can be in asolid form, Fig; 3, and in this case it'is made of wood or other lightmaterial which will offer sufficient resistance to indentation.

Heretofore, as in my Letters Patent dated July 31, 1883, No. 282,261,metallic hame-tips were spun or cast with a hollow globular head of thinmetal; but the great disadvantage of such tips is that, owing to thenecessity ofhaving the metal very thin to prevent unnecessary weight andexpense, they are very liable to be indented and distorted during thehandling of the hame. This disadvantage I overcome without increasingthe weight to any appreciable extent by the use of the stiffening G,which I insert in the process of spinning the tip-that is to say, themetal which forms the head is spun directly about the lining as a coreand is contracted thereunder, whereby the same is caused to firmlyencompass the lining, and the resisting power of the head toindentations or distortion is greatly increased.

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